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EVC97 Right Armrest: BROKE!
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tripod97pct <jjacobs@levi.com>
Awright, so I shouldn't have leaned on the armrest while I was
reaching over to the passenger door. The metal "thumb" piece that holds the armrest into a notch in the seat has snapped. So now it won't stay fixed at a horizontal position (the armrest can just spin). The metal is just an alloy and would not work well with welding. I tried JB Weld but it didn't hold. So I am looking for options as to how I can repair it instead of paying $140 for a replacement. I may try wrapping steel wire around the unit and then welding that together to make a new "thumb" to stick into the seat body. Anyways, if anybody has a spare right armrest, I am really interested. The fabric has the diamonds and triangles, not the large ovals. But beware that these armrests cannot hold much weight! But this is probably common sense and it is I that have learned this too late. Jeff EVC97 |
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DON'T BUY A NEW ARMREST YET!
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I can't find the link... but I know someone on this board can send you the link to a website which walks you through the simple inexpensive repair. M. Roy Nakamura Principle Industrial Engineer The Boeing Company % Office Phone: (562) 593-8123 % Home Phone: (310) 514-8342 * Pager: (562) 403-5103 Email : Roy.M.Nakamura@... -----Original Message-----
From: tripod97pct <jjacobs@...> [mailto:jjacobs@...] Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 12:28 PM To: ev_update@... Subject: [ev_update] EVC97 Right Armrest: BROKE! Awright, so I shouldn't have leaned on the armrest while I was reaching over to the passenger door. The metal "thumb" piece that holds the armrest into a notch in the seat has snapped. So now it won't stay fixed at a horizontal position (the armrest can just spin). The metal is just an alloy and would not work well with welding. I tried JB Weld but it didn't hold. So I am looking for options as to how I can repair it instead of paying $140 for a replacement. I may try wrapping steel wire around the unit and then welding that together to make a new "thumb" to stick into the seat body. Anyways, if anybody has a spare right armrest, I am really interested. The fabric has the diamonds and triangles, not the large ovals. But beware that these armrests cannot hold much weight! But this is probably common sense and it is I that have learned this too late. Jeff EVC97 To unsubscribe from this group, send a message to mailto:ev_update-unsubscribe@... Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <> . |
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Michael G. McCarthy
Roy, I was going to do just that but the link is kaput....
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That's the bookmark I had for the repair. Usually I use Pagesucker to grab those sort of things but this time I didn't. Mike DON'T BUY A NEW ARMREST YET! |
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marcelvca <marcelv@magma.ca>
Here is the new link to the Dutch T4 ("tee viertje") website that
featured the repair: They have lots of photos including a tour of the Westfalia factory and museum. The arm rest repair is here: He makes a repair piece out of 1.5 mm (~1/16 inch) steel plate that wraps around the remains of the cast piece, with a tab where the "thumb" used to be. Good luck. Marcel van der Sluis 92EVGL 4door --- In ev_update@..., "Michael G. McCarthy" <mgmccarthy@c...> wrote: Roy, I was going to do just that but the link is kaput....to grab those sort of things but this time I didn't.send you the repair.link to a website which walks you through the simple inexpensive then largewelding that together to make a new "thumb" to stick into the seat isovals. Serviceprobably common sense and it is I that have learned this too late. <> . |
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Awh Man... I LOVE THIS BOARD!
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M. Roy Nakamura Principle Industrial Engineer The Boeing Company % Office Phone: (562) 593-8123 % Home Phone: (310) 514-8342 * Pager: (562) 403-5103 Email : Roy.M.Nakamura@... -----Original Message-----
From: marcelvca <marcelv@...> [mailto:marcelv@...] Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 9:13 AM To: ev_update@... Subject: [ev_update] Re: EVC97 Right Armrest: BROKE! Here is the new link to the Dutch T4 ("tee viertje") website that featured the repair: <> They have lots of photos including a tour of the Westfalia factory and museum. The arm rest repair is here: <> He makes a repair piece out of 1.5 mm (~1/16 inch) steel plate that wraps around the remains of the cast piece, with a tab where the "thumb" used to be. Good luck. Marcel van der Sluis 92EVGL 4door --- In ev_update@..., "Michael G. McCarthy" <mgmccarthy@c...> wrote: Roy, I was going to do just that but the link is kaput....<> to grab those sort of things but this time I didn't.send you the repair.link to a website which walks you through the simple inexpensive then largewelding that together to make a new "thumb" to stick into the seat isovals. Serviceprobably common sense and it is I that have learned this too late. <>< <>. To unsubscribe from this group, send a message to mailto:ev_update-unsubscribe@... Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <> . |
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tripod97pct <jjacobs@levi.com>
Thank you so much! This I can do and shall make it so!
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